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Allies and partners

Evolving partnerships like the Quad, AUKUS, and the Trilateral Strategic Dialogue with Japan add further depth to the US-Australia alliance. Ensuring that these minilateral relationships keep pace with developments in their constituent bilateral partnerships is essential for Australian strategic interests in the Indo-Pacific.
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Associate Professor David Smith

Associate Professor in American Politics and Foreign PolicyUnited States Studies Centre (jointly appointed with the School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Sydney)
Peter J. Dean

Professor Peter Dean

Senior Adviser for Defence StrategyUnited States Studies Centre
Trent Scott

Trent Scott

Non-Resident Senior FellowUnited States Studies Centre
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Dr Lavina Lee

Director, Foreign Policy and DefenceUnited States Studies Centre
Tom Corben, a Research Fellow in the Foreign Policy and Defence Program at the United States Studies Centre

Tom Corben

Research Fellow, Foreign Policy and DefenceUnited States Studies Centre
Brendon O'Connor, a Professor of US Politics and US Foreign Relations

Professor Brendon O'Connor

Professor of US Politics and US Foreign RelationsUnited States Studies Centre (jointly appointed with the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Sydney)
An MQ-28A Ghost Bat is loaded with a NAIM-120 inert air-to-air missile variant at the ordnance loading area during Trial Kareela at RAAF Base Woomera.
Defence

Leveraging private capital in defence: Lessons for Australia from the United States

Brief bySamuel Moyer
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AUKUS

By the numbers | AUKUS according to public opinion

14 October 2026
Interactive byPhoebe Potter
Technology

USSC Briefing Room | AI, hypersonics and the future of defence innovation with Doug Beck

9 October 2026
Podcast byDouglas A. Beck, Mari Koeck
Australian and US flags
Allies and partners
Public forum
The Australia-US alliance in the age of Trump: A national conversation

6 October 2026

6.00pm

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7.30pm AEDT

Past event
Trade and economics
Webinar
Can the US and allies loosen China's chokehold on rare earths?

30 September 2026

10.00am

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11.00am AEST

Watch Now
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Trade and economics

The missing market: Why US and allies’ rare earth derisking needs a demand-side strategy

30 September 2026
Report byDr Naoise McDonagh
H.E. Wen Jiabao, Premier of the State Council of China, H.E. Lee Myung-bak, President of the ROK and H.E. Yoshihiko Noda, Prime Minister of Japan at the 5th Trilateral Summit in Beijing, China.
Foreign policy

Moments of Agreement, Strategic Spaces: The Korea-China-Japan Trilateral Summits and the Reconstruction of the Indo-Pacific Security Order, 1999-2024

30 September 2026
Books and journals byDr Jooyeon Hong
A newspaper front page photo shows Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) shaking hands with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang, as seen at a news stand in Beijing on June 9, 2026.
The Indo-Pacific

The Asia Chessboard | Countering Asia's Axis of Authoritarianism

29 September 2026
Podcast byDr Michael J. Green
Trade and economics

Diesel Prices and The Midterm Elections

28 September 2026
Interview byHayley Channer
Defence

USSC Briefing Room | Move fast and break things? Trump’s defence transformation

25 September 2026
Podcast byMari Koeck
US-ECONOMY-DIESEL A garbage truck drives past gas prices above $6 a gallon and diesel prices above $8 a gallon as they are displayed outside of a Shell gas station in Carson, California on September 22, 2026. On September 22, US President Donald Trump expressed support for a diesel export ban, with fuel prices having surged on the back of the Middle East war.
Trade and economics

Trump wants a diesel export ban. Australia would be uniquely exposed

25 September 2026
Commentary byRobert Monterosso
US Ambassador to Australia David Brat
US politics

Why David Brat, the new US ambassador to Australia, has a big in‑tray

24 September 2026
Commentary byAva Kalinauskas
Alliances in an age of disorder
US politics
Conference
Sydney International Strategy Forum 2026

23 September 2026